A depressed 45-year-old man asked his doctor, “How long to you think I will live?”
The doctor answered him, “Do you climb mountains, sky dive, or swim in the ocean?”
The man answered, “No, I don’t do anything risky.”
The doctor pressed him further. “Do you travel to exotic destinations?”
“No, I never fly anywhere — too dangerous!”
“Do you drink wine?”
He responded, “No, I never touch the stuff.”
“Do you eat red meant or chocolate?,” the doctor asked.
“Never,” the man said.
Finally, the physician asked, “Do you enjoy sex?”
“Not much anymore,” he said.
So, the doctor looked at him, shrugged and said, “Well, then, honestly, I don’t see why you should even care how long you have left to live!”
“Life is short. Don’t run so fast that you miss it.”
Raffaelle Monne (a 107-year-old woman from Sardinia)
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